Guest Post by Daniel Faile These days it’s hard to get excited about anything short of the most innovative solutions. Still, it takes time and effort to stay on top of it all and then be prepared to sell it internally to your organization. Linux, largely due to its roots in the open source community, …

The answer is OpenOffice.org Novell Edition for Windows. We’ve recently released the 3.2 version, which contains bug fixes as well as many improvements over both the previous and community versions. If you aren’t already familiar with this offering, OpenOffice.org Novell Edition for Windows is an open source office suite that is the best choice for interoperability …

In this latest OpenMic podcast, Joe ‘Zonker’ Brockmeier talks with Mono founder, Miguel de Icaza, about what’s new with the Mono Project and what’s coming soon. The two also discuss the many iPhone apps brought to you by Mono, what’s next for Moonlight (the Linux implementation of Microsoft’s Silverlight), and why Windows developers should really …

Novell product manager for Mono, Joseph Hill, was recently on the Hansel Minutes podcast with Microsoft .NET software developer, Scott Bellware. The two spoke with host, Scott Hanselman, about cooperation, the value of diversity, and learning more about the fun things coming from the Mono Project. Joseph also provides an overview of the new MonoTouch …

The Linux Foundation’s Brian Proffitt published a wrap-up blog on last week’s, first ever, LinuxCon event in Portland, Ore. If you missed the event, Brian does a nice job of hitting the highlights. You can also register to view the archived keynotes, sessions and presentation materials for a small fee. Generating lots of interest from …

Novell Open Audio host, Erin Quill, recently sat down with Joe “Zonker” Brockmeier to get a preview of next week’s first annual LinuxCon event in Portland, Oregon. Zonker gives some details on his keynote, “A musical guide to the future of Linux,” and offers a glimpse of what attendees can expect from LinuxCon. Go here …

Mono, the open source, cross-platform .NET development framework sponsored by Novell, has just been named to InfoWorld’s Best of Open Source Software Awards 2009. Known as the Bossies, the list includes this year’s top 40 open source products and as the editor’s note, whittling down the list from the selection of open source software is …

iPhone and Blackberry. PC and Apple. The Yankees and the Red Sox. Can any of these great rivalries ever hash out the differences between them? Now there’s a place to find out, a new website called hash-it-out.com. Fueled by Twitter, Hash It Out tracks some of the hottest topics being debated. The website was launched …

A few weeks ago Novell and more than 50 members of the open source community formed Open Source for America, a coalition to help promote the use of open source in government. This week Novell Open Audio host, Erin Quill, sat down to talk with several OSA members including Red Hat, SUN, Ingres, JasperSoft and …

Last month Novell released GeekoBuilder 1.0 and since that time we’ve seen lots of great Geekos built. We didn’t want to the fun to end, so our team has added new options to create even more avatars. Go here to check out the new clothing options, backgrounds and accessories. While you’re there don’t forget to …